Scholarly Impact Report 2023

CATHERINE MCAULEY SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY, UCC

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PART A: TEACHING AND LEARNING, CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY AND PRACTICE, AWARDS

PROTECT-EUROPE: Vaccinating Europe to protect against HPV cancers The EU4Health 2-year Programme PROTECT-EUROPE Vaccinating Europe to protect against HPV cancers funded by the European Union was launched in Brussels on the 26th and 27th January 2023. #PROTECTEUROPE, a major and innovative two-year project to get more young people in Europe vaccinated against the often-deadly human papilloma virus (#HPV), was officially launched with 33 partner organisations and 16 countries. Details are in the EU Projects section on our website which includes our PROTECT-EUROPE webpage (under continuous development as the project progresses) (#@ EU_HaDEA and @EU4Health). Professor Josephine Hegarty (UCC), Dr Serena Fitzgerald (UCC) and Professor Jonathan Drennan (UCD) are coordinating Work Package 5 on Monitoring and Evaluation. The Consortium presented at the EU Commission, kindly hosted by Alin Mituta (MEP, Romania). The PROTECT-Europe project focuses on 1) best clinical practice: from science to delivery 2) getting the message across borders: targeted public health communications and 3) members states guidelines and support.

From L-R: Professor Josephine Hegarty (UCC), Professor Daniel Kelly (Cardiff University), Professor Jonathan Drennan (UCD) pictured outside the EU Commission